concomitance
Americannoun
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the quality or relation of being concomitant.
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Roman Catholic Church. the coexistence of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharistic bread.
noun
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existence or occurrence together or in connection with another
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a thing that exists in connection with another
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Christian theol the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist
Etymology
Origin of concomitance
From the Medieval Latin word concomitantia, dating back to 1525–35. See concomitant, -ance
Example Sentences
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“But the victory in this battle required the concomitance.”
From New York Times
Thus, in hunting for some cause and effect in the activity of the will, we bring to light, in the end, only a certain concomitance and sequence.
From Project Gutenberg
As respects complexity, intensity, and time-order, the concomitance is apparently complete.
From Project Gutenberg
It is to place it in a necessary link of succession, concomitance, and causality with other phenomena which explain it by analogy.
From Project Gutenberg
The locative primarily denotes rest in a place, the ablative motion from a place, and the instrumental the means or concomitance of an action.
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